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Global Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) Market - Forecast & Analysis, 2016 - 2022 - Rising Awareness Towards Driver's Safety - Research and Markets Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) has become an essential constituent in the automotive systems nowadays. ADAS is one of the segments in automotive industry with a high growth potential. ADAS comprise of systems with efficient and advanced technologies that provide autonomy to the vehicles and assist the driver in driving the vehicle safely. The various components in... [Lire la suite]

The car industry has never witnessed what Tesla is about to go through   Tesla Motors unveiled its latest electric car, the Model 3, on March 31, with a lower price tag and 2017 delivery date. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk heralded the Model 3 as a way to accelerate the world's "transition to sustainable transport."(Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) Most of the best selling cars in America, such as the Honda Accord or Nissan Altima, generally hit around 300,000 in sales every year. Tesla saw 276,000 people sign-up to... [Lire la suite]

GOOGLE’S SELF-DRIVING CARS EXPECTED IN 2017 Google’s forward-thinking and experimental Google X division has been working on self-driving cars for some time. However, at a conference in California yesterday, Sergey Brin announced that Google will start building its own self-driving cars rather than modifying vehicles built by other manufacturers. “We’re really excited about this vehicle – it’s something that will allow us to really push the capabilities of self driving technology, and understand the limitations,” said Chris Urmson,... [Lire la suite]

CES 2017 in Las Vegas : registration open, a lot of driverless technologies will be shown In January 2017 Check https://www.ces.tech/

SafetyNex for insurance companies   . SafetyNex is a Smartphone road safety App that works like a true digital co-pilot : warning the driver when approaching a dangerous area,once the excessive speed of the vehicle clearly shows that the driver did not notice the danger. SafetyNex records for insurers profiles of risk and usage.   . Insurance Companies can use SafetyNex for several purposes :   - Increase operating margin of the insurer SafetyNex can prevent 20% of road accidents according studies published... [Lire la suite]

Uber's autonomous vehicles spotted on San Francisco streets The future has been seen rolling the streets of San Francisco. SFist spotted multiple test runs of Uber’s autonomous vehicles all over the city, including near Alamo Square. The cars were labeled with Uber ATC, the rideshare company’s Pittsburgh-based division charged with developing long-term technology, like autonomy. Public tests of Uber’s autonomous vehicles have already been seen in Pittsburgh where the company has offered free rides in its... [Lire la suite]

BMW: Driving into the automotive future with ADAS A futuristic technology surprises and pleases at the same time. The innovative camera and radar-based Driver Assistance offers comfort and safety enhancing functions and is designed to reduce driving stress. The prospect of autonomous, driverless cars continue to dominate the interest in the automobile industry while a quiet transition is already altering our vehicles. The development of sophisticated driver assistance systems has transformed the driving experience altogether. We are... [Lire la suite]

Tesla Autopilot Drives Owner to Hospital During Pulmonary Embolism A Model X navigated 20 miles of highway as its driver hovered near death. Slate tells the harrowing story of Joshua Neally, a 37-year-old attorney in Springfield, Missouri who claims that his Tesla Model X’s autopilot feature saved his life. Neally was driving home in late July when he suddenly felt something like “a steel pole through my chest.” Neally was in gathering highway traffic as the pain mounted rapidly. In the moment, Neally... [Lire la suite]

QUEBEC CITY, QC – September 7, 2016 – LeddarTech, a leader in solid-state LiDAR technology, today introduced LeddarVu, the new platform for the next generation of its Leddar detection and ranging modules. Presented during the InterDrone Conference and Exposition (Sept. 7-9, 2016), the LeddarVu platform combines the benefits of a very compact, modular architecture with superior performance, robustness and cost efficiency towards high resolution LiDAR applications, such as autonomous driving. LeddarVu – The new platform for the... [Lire la suite]

Deep changes in the business of car insurance. Contribution of the smartphone App SafetyNex in this global context by NEXYAD 1 - Role of the insurer The insurance idea would have appeared on the occasion of the first great journey by boat, and the appearance of "modern" insurance is generally dated from the 19th century. The principle of insurance is easy to understand : if accidents are rare (compared to the number of occurrences - travel, car trips, etc.), a simple and prudent idea then is to "put aside" a certain amount of money... [Lire la suite]